Adorable.

ASL rocks.

..!..

Million dollar smile. I like how she incorporated *dance into it as well. *doublepromote

If this doesn't crack the top 15 then the world makes just a little less sense.

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She is fit. She can *fuck* me any time.

There are no words.

So it seems that you can flip asl right or left, or in the case of 'fuck' and 'you', use a mirror image with both hands. Do right and left handed people orient differently? Is flipping and mirroring used for punctuation and dramatic effect? It also seems that there is no sign for 'niggah'. Are there racist or demeaning signs? Just curious.

sign singing rocks!

@dystopianfuturetoday there also seemingly is no sign for "ferrari", deaf people can't drive super cars or what?????

I would *blocked this if I could. Damn you WMG and EMI!

Invocations (blocked) cannot be called by siftlurk because siftlurk is not privileged - sorry.

and here is a non-blocked version.

>> ^bareboards2:

ASL rocks.


Is that ASL? I learned a totally different sign for "fuck"

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

It also seems that there is no sign for 'niggah'. Are there racist or demeaning signs? Just curious.


I don't know any sign language, but from the quick movements, I think that there was probably no word for "Atari" either, so it was spelt out.

>> ^Opus_Moderandi:

>> ^bareboards2:
ASL rocks.

Is that ASL? I learned a totally different sign for "fuck"


Yeah, I'm not sure about which sign language this is -- the video title on the hosting site says ASL but alien_concept has tagged with makaton.

>> ^arghness:

>> ^Opus_Moderandi:
>> ^bareboards2:
ASL rocks.

Is that ASL? I learned a totally different sign for "fuck"

Yeah, I'm not sure about which sign language this is -- the video title on the hosting site says ASL but alien_concept has tagged with makaton.


Only because I saw some makaton used in there which I know a tiny little bit of, but then some of the sign is transferable. I can change it

Sifters are such suckers for a nerdy-attractive girl with a presentable face! (see pomplamoose)

>> ^dannym3141:

Sifters are such suckers for a nerdy-attractive girl with a presentable face! (see pomplamoose)


Who doesn't like nerdy attractive girls?

The dude in the corner wearing the skirt needs to cross his legs.

To answer some questions here, yes, this is ASL. Although most Deaf people would probably call it "signed English," since it uses English sentence structure.

Regarding the "mirror" aspect of ASL, your observation is accurate. ASL is considered a one-handed language, meaning that one dominant hand controls the signing. When another hand it used, it is almost always mirroring the dominant hand or not moving at all. A left-handed person would use their left hand as the dominant signing hand. Compare this to British Sign Language, a two-handed language, that uses both hands in distinct ways for most signs.

Naturally there are tons of crude signs in ASL. The girl in this video may not have known them or perhaps chose not to use them. They typically don't get taught in ASL classes. ASL has a great variety of regional differences, which is why some people may know difference signs for "fuck." Also, signs evolve over time. Some signs that were once considered perfectly fine are now rude or inappropriate (see "Irish"; the terms for gay and lesbian are also heading this direction).

Finally, a lot of popular proper nouns do have their own signs, but not all. I am not sure if Ferrari and Atari do.

^ thanks

Yes, I learned a different sign for "That word" as well. And I agree with the one handed thing.
Another term used for one handed sign is lazy-sign (slang) - though it's completely valid.

Among the deaf people I know, they never use two hands, especially if you are doing something at the time, like driving a car (can't be hands-free when you're deaf.)

Yes, proper sign uses two hands in a lot of cases but when do we ever speak proper English? (It's just not practical)

As for the grammar, if you translated sign back into English, it would sound childish as only the key words are used to communicate something. like "We go town" instead of "We are going to go down town." Sign is best translated as explained rather than direct-translated.

This is fun though, My niece used to stand up at school events and translate them into sign (unrehearsed). Mainly she did this so her dad could come to events and feel part of the event. People with hearing impairments miss out on a lot of the regular stuff we take for granted, like common-banter when hanging out with us hearing folk. After being around them for so long you start to forget they're deaf, especially if they can read lips. Never forget to stop and explain what is going on once in a while...

That was great
*promote

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That was awesome, but I cannot stand that song. It is a horrible song, but it was made 10000x better by her signing.

i predict that she will perform live along side Cee Lo at some point due to minor internet buzz.

oops, she signed "baby" instead of "lady" near the end

is this signed in french ? I dont understand a bit she is doing.

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